Google recently started testing a Google Play Store “Refresh” button which allows users to manually check for updates for their Android apps. The button is a part of a larger set of ...

And Systrom says moving beyond refresh buttons and actions will give mobile services a more “real-time” feel. In earlier versions of Instagram, the app featured a button that allowed users to ...

The company is testing a new feature called Refresh, according to spokesperson Jamie Favazza, that will surface videos based how you use the app after you press the button.

The feature works on devices running iOS 7. Background app refresh and notifications for the Gmail app will also have to be switched on (Settings > General > Background App Refresh > Gmail).

TikTok’s refresh feature is for when you’re sick of your For You page. In February, the company announced it was testing a reset button so users could switch up their For You feed content.

Circling around on the internet over the last few days has been the news that there is a patent application for the “pull-to-refresh” feature that Loren Brichter pioneered in Tweetie and is now an ...

Previously, restarting the Play Store app or switching activities was required to trigger a refresh. As you can probably figure out, pressing the button checks for app updates, and it only appears ...